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Italy's far-right leader Giorgia Meloni forms new government

Brothers of Italy's leader Giorgia Meloni, center, flanked by Forza Italia's leader Silvio Berlusconi, left, and The League's leader Matteo Salvini, speaks to the press at the Quirinale Presidential Palace after talks with Italian President Sergio Mattarella. [AP]

Giorgia Meloni on Friday formed Italy's new ruling coalition, giving the country its first far-right-led government since the end of World War II and becoming the first woman tapped to serve as the country's premier.

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